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A comparison of antenatal classifications of ‘overweight’ and ‘obesity’ prevalence between white British, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi pregnant women in England; analysis of retrospective data

BACKGROUND: Maternal obesity increases women’s risk of poor birth outcomes, and statistics show that Pakistani and Bangladeshi women (who are born or settled) in the UK experience higher rates of perinatal mortality and congenital anomalies than white British or white Other women. This study compare...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Rebecca, Ali, Nasreen, Guppy, Andy, Griffiths, Malcolm, Randhawa, Gurch
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4211-1